Karl puskas



(No Model.) l

K. P U S KA S. SEEDING MACHINE.

No. 606,475. Patented June 28, 1898.

...ffwa f7 Nrrnn STATES KARL rsKs, or KIsUJsZALLAs,AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,475, dated June28,1898.

Application filed February 10,1897. Serial No. 622,883. (No model-lPatented in Hungary June 6, 1896, No. l1,599; in Belgium June12,1896,No. 98,878; in England June 12,1896,No. 13,009; in Italy June22,`1896,No. 13,618; in Austria .Tune 25, 1896,110. lifi/2,808; inFrance June 29,1896,No. 245,081,andin`8pain July 11, 1896,110. 19,324.

T0 a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL PSKS, a subject of the King of Austria-Hungary,residing at Kisujszallas, Austi-a-IIungary, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Apparatus for Sowing Maize and l the Like, (forwhich I have obtained patents in Hungary, dated June 6, 1896, No.L1,599; in France, dated June 29,1896,No. 245,081; in Belgium,

dated June 12, 1896, No. 98,878; in Italy,n

dated June 22,1896, No. 18,618; in Great Britain, dated June 12, 1896,No. 13,009; in Austria, dated June 25, 1896, No. 16/2,808, and in Spain,dated July11, 1896, No. 19,324,) of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in corn-planters which areattachable to a plow and operate by the movement obtained from the plowand which automatically drop the grains continuously or at intervals, asmay be desired by the operator, into the furrow made by the plow. Iattain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings,lin which-J Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my machine.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section ofthe seeder R, and Fig. l is an edge View of the feed-wheel.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

B is an upright carrying seedboX. L

F, G, and Y are sections of the seedbox.

fand g are separating-walls in the seedbox.

D is the discharging-tube.

C is a tube connecting with D.

Y isa chamber.

' N is the ground-wheel.

dis a projection from the seedbox, to which tube D is attached.

In the construction of my improved corn lplanter or seeder I use anupper seedbox fastened to the upright B, divided into three compartmentsF, G, and Y by movable slides or partitions f and g, fastened tothesides of the compartments. 'Io the third compartment Y, I fasten arotary pipe D, and on this is arranged a seeding or delivery pipe C,fastened to the plow and movable up and down by means of an iron arm orbracket fastened by means of a stirrup.

The device is attached to the plow-handle by the strap P and by means ofthe iron arm c from therotary pipe D to the colter, by which` it isfastened vertically to the plow, with the wheel N supporting thedeviceon the ground. The first compartmentF of theseedboXs filled with corn,the slide f being previously placed in a position to prevent the cornentering the second compartment G too rapidly. When'the plow is set inmotion, drawing with it the planting device, the wheel N rotates, and bymeans of the chain-gearing 0 rotates the feeding-wheel R, which, bymeans of a feed-cup, takes the corn falling through from the firstcompartment F, carries it, one grain at a time, (or grain by grain,) totheopening of the next compartment G, and allows it to be distributedcontinuously or at intervals into the furrow through the rotary pipe andthe delivery-pipe C, which is an extension thereof and movable thereon.The cover and sides of the device may be opened to control the workingof the machine. In the operation of the planter the construction permitsthe distribution of the corncontinuously or at intervals, as may bedesired.

Having thus described my device, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a corn-planter attachment to Vplows the combination of a seedbox onan upright supl ported by a wheel running with the plow and attachedthereto, divided into three chambers by movable sliding partitions, andcontaining a feeding-wheel conveying thecorn from the second to thethird chamber from which the corn is discharged through a rotary pipeand delivery-tube into the furrowmotion being obtained by means of achain-gearing engaging with the supporting-wheel as and for the purposeabove specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signedmyname in presn ence of two subscribing Witnesses.

KARL PsKs.

` Witnesses: i

C. A. PRATT, I1. W. MEYER,

